Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-15
MANY MISHAPS.
HALF A DOZEN CASUALTIES OF A MORE OR
LESS SERIOUS NATURE.
A Lady Fatally Burned-Run Over By the Cars
Fell From a TrsSls-Rsrce Fight
A Broken Lsg-Etc, Etc.

The past day or two has brought to-
sether quite a number Of casualties OF Yari-
GUS degrees of seriousness. About two
o'clock yesterday afternoon a probably
fatal accident occurred at the c., L. & w.
wharf at West Wheeling. A locomotive
on the main track up the wharf was haul
ing cars on a parallel siding about SIX feet
distant by means of q rope. In the space
between the two tracks Patrick Donovan,
a c., l.. & W. section hand was standing
and not being aware of the existence OF the
rope, was struck by it. Persons who saw
the accident say the rope doubled hin up
and threw him under the cars almost IN a
ball. In this shape he was rolled under
the cars between the brake beam and the
cross ties for several yards before the loco
motive could be stopped. He was picked
nm and taken to his residence III west
| Wheeling where DIS. Fisher and Helnlein
made an examination and rendered the AID
possible. The examination showed that
ten ribs were broken, five on each side ana
most of them in W places, four vertebTfe
in the spinal column near the small OF the
back, and the right ankle fractured. There
are also several severe cuts and almost IN
Vulnerable bruises on his legs and body.
Mr.. Donovan is a widower, tifty-fiye years
of age. with a family consisting OF "A son
and daughter, both grown.
At 5 o'clock yesterday evening, James
Leonard, a carpenter, residing in Martins
Ferry, and employed on the Martins Ferry
extension of the c., l.. & W., at Bridge
port, fell from a plank, laid from the piles
ON which the road is building to the west
abutment of the back river bridge, to the
ground, a distance of forty-fve feet, sus-
tanning severe injuries about the head II
back and breaking his lett arm. lie was
walking across the plank and was
struck by piece oftimber which some other
workmen were handling, the blow over
balancing him. He was carried to the Z.
Il p. station waiting room, where Doctors
Cooke and Fisher examined him to ascer-
tain the extent of his injuries. He was
afterward taken to his home IN Martins
Ferry. = Mr.. Leonard is q married man
about 50 years of age.
Last Saturday was the regular monthly
pay day at the Yorkyille cole mines, and
as a result of the disbursement of a goodly
sum of money, quite a number OF persons
went to Ti~ltOnville to indulge in a little of
the ardent. The %carousal lasted all night
and early Sunday morning, ended IN
fight, in which Mac Tilton, Lou Easton,
James Parker, Ed. Easton and several
Others engaged. All hands were pretty
we'll used up, and Tilton, during
the melee, drew a knife and cut Il
cash in Lou CastOn's face from his left
to his mouth, in one place extending en-
tirely through the cheek. No arrests had
been made up to last night.
At a late hour Saturday night Mrs. An
drew Johnson, who resides on Rose Hill,
near Pelkv's coal bank, Bellaire, WAS prob
ably fatally injured by her clothes catch
ing fire from a CRATE. The poor woman,
rs soon rs she saw the plight she was in,
run to her husband, who succeeded in sub
DUNG the flames, but not until the side,
arms and face of his wife were severely
burned and his own hands were badly bis
tered.
John Sterlinger, a miner at the Wheel
ing Creek mines, about three miles west Of
Bridgeport, had his right leg broken by a
fall OF soapstone in the mines yesterday
morning. He was taken to John Bresth's
boarding house, where he makes his home.
DR.. Wagner dressed the limb, which,
though badly mashed, may not need to be
a%mputated.
Mr.. John Ray, who was so seriously
injured at the Wheeling Creek mines
near Bridgeport, last week, and whose
life was despaired of, commenced showing
slight signs of improvement on Sunday.
The doctors say if his condition remains
favorable a few days, it will warrant them
in amputating his limbs.
A small accident, occurred on the line of
the Baltimore and Ohio road on Seven
tenth street, about six o'clock last even
ing, caused by the truck of a freight car
giving way. The road was blocked for a
time, but no one was hurt.